Team:Virginia/Problem

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Ground-water contaminated with arsenic affects an estimated 137 million people worldwide. Existing treatment methods are expensive and/or difficult to implement in a rural setting. This year we're exploring the possibility of using a bioremediation approach to tackle this issue. Microbial organisms have evolved several mechanisms to survive in the presence of heavy metals. We wanted to find out whether we can adapt these mechanisms to together create an '''arsenic sponge'''.
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Ground-water contaminated with arsenic affects an estimated 137 million people worldwide. Existing water treatment methods are expensive and/or difficult to implement in a rural setting. This year we're exploring the possibility of using a ''bioremediation'' approach to tackle this issue. Can we harness the power of synthetic biology to help create an inexpensive arsenic sequestration mechanism? Here we present the work of the 2009 Virginia Team to create a prototype '''Arsenic Sponge'''.
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The problem

http://environmentalchristian.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/arsenic-hands.jpg

Ground-water contaminated with arsenic affects an estimated 137 million people worldwide. Existing water treatment methods are expensive and/or difficult to implement in a rural setting. This year we're exploring the possibility of using a bioremediation approach to tackle this issue. Can we harness the power of synthetic biology to help create an inexpensive arsenic sequestration mechanism? Here we present the work of the 2009 Virginia Team to create a prototype Arsenic Sponge.

(Cost analysis of other methods sidebar)

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